8et>terab er 2 0,13 
Dear Dr. 8c h lech ter: 
On April 3d I sent to your address one 
hundred specimens of Philippine orchids. As I have not heard 
from you of the. safe arrival of these specimens and as no 
reply has reached me in answer to my letter of April 3d, I 
feel worried to think that neither my package nor my letter 
came to you safely. 
1 have set aside for you another set of 
one hundred specimens. In every case I have tried to save 
for you duplicate materiel of the novelties I have recently 
described. I can promise you some interesting duplicates 
from now on an hr. ’yen?,el seems to have found a rich field 
in Leyte. 
Let me hear from you at your convenience 
If you can find time to supply me with some of your good 
things I shall he delighted. I need nil the material avail¬ 
able from the eastern tropics as I am constantly anxious to 
make my comparisons ns. exhaustive a.8 possible. 
Yours sincerely. 
